Questions tagged [kickstart]

Kickstart is the method of automated installation of Linux Systems based on Red Hat or their clones (CentOS, Scientific Linux, Unbreakable Linux, ...)

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How do I create encrypted partitions with kickstart in Debian or Ubuntu

I am setting up an automated installation of Ubuntu using kickstart and network booting. With redhat this works quite well, however Ubuntu kickstart appears rather limited and I can not find documentation describing the options available. The most…
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Kickstart: ifcfg-eth0 file genorated by kickstart when install from network but from initrd when install form USB

When I install Fedora 19 with a kickstart file and via network, the generated ifcfg-eth0 file is genorated by the kickstart: # Generated by parse-kickstart However if I use the same kickstart file and install via a USB stick, the ifcfg file is…
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Creating bootable Fedora USB with persistent storage

I am attempting to burn the full Fedora 19 x86_64 DVD iso to a USB drive and have a separate partition on it for a kickstart file / other media that will be installed in the kickstart process. With the Ubuntu server 12 iso, you can simply dd the iso…
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ks.cfg file + how to fit the ks.cfg for PXE server

I want to configure the ks.cfg file under PXE server So I will able to install linux from PXE server PXE server include the files ( initrd.img & vmlinuz ) and the ks.cfg My default ks.cfg was taken from the original initrd.img ( from ISO file ) And…
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How can you prompt for the EULA in Kickstart?

I am trying to modify a Kickstart script so that it does not auto-accept the EULA (which it seems to skip right now.)
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Setup kickstart boot for all installation media types (cd and usb-flash)

I created own custom CentOS iso. I used mkisofs make it. This is part of my isolinux.cfg file: label vesa menu label Install ^RAIDIX system kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img xdriver=vesa nomodeset text linux…
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RHEL 6.4 custom dvd boot issue

I'm creating a custom RHEL 6.4 iso to save myself time while rebuilding standalone hosts. Before I customize the menus and add the extra kickstart files in I have tried a simple unpack -> repack to make sure the iso image actually works. All of my…
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Kickstart Red Hat 5.x

I am having a little issue with the ks.cfg file; I read a post that said I should copy it into the isolinux folder but it is write-protected. What do I do? Secondly, I read another post that makes it a little easier; cp ks.cfg ~/bootdisk/RHEL/ ,…
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Ubuntu kickstart configuration file fails with error: The file may be corrupt

I'm trying to install my ubuntu servers with iPXE. I have created the kickstart file with system-config-kickstart, but once downloaded by the installing server, the parsing fails with the error: The installer failed to process the preconfiguration…
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Install Programs from Source in Kickstart Script

I'm working on a kickstart script for a custom Scientific Linux ISO. However I am running into an issue with installing some programs from source. Below is the general syntax I am trying. Where I will copy the .tgz file to the /tmp/ directory and…
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How to make kickstart exit

Is there a way to make a RedHat kickstart installation exit during the %pre% section? I have a condition I'm checking, and if it's true, I'd like the installation to not continue. I have tried using the "exit" and "init" commands, but all I can…
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kickstart: reference floppy drive via %ksappend or %include

Having trouble getting %ksappend or %include to work when referencing a local floppy drive. Booting off remote server's cd-rom drive I am able to load the CentOS 6 minimal install image, and then add ks=hd:fd0/ks-jvm.cfg to boot params to load…
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Running Kickstart from Debian-based system: /dev/shm bind mount fails

The following failure occurs since /dev/shm is a symlink to /run/shm on newer Debian and Ubuntu systems. Is there a way to adjust this behavior in Kickstart so it tries to also mount from /run/shm? I would find this preferable to changing my default…
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Linux unattended installation

I'm wondering if it's possible to do a network installation (PXE Boot) from a disk image. I know that I could use Kickstart files or Cobbler but my servers have a lot of custom settings (additional repositories, Nginx config files etc.) so I would…
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Red Hat Kickstart install stops to ask me to edit the repository when I'm using the DVD repo

So, I've been trying to get a kickstart install with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 to work, using the package repo on the DVD. As such, I've tried using the following line in my ks.cfg: repo --name="Red Hat Enterprise Linux" --baseurl=cdrom:sr0…